Environmental Sustainability
The EIB focuses on five areas of interest for its environmental lending. These are based on the four key priorities of the EU 6th Environment Action Programme "Environment 2010: our future, our choice" and on the Commission’s new Urban Environment strategy:
- improving the quality of life in the urban environment, particularly through urban renewal and sustainable urban transport projects
- addressing environmental and health issues (e.g. reduction of industrial pollution, provision of water and wastewater treatment)
- tackling climate change, including energy efficiency and renewable energy
- protecting nature and wildlife
- preserving natural resources and managing waste (including minimisation, recycling, re-use and disposal of domestic, commercial and industrial waste)
The EIB will support new strategies in the EU environmental policy wherever possible within its environmental lending framework.
The 2007 EIB Forum will be held in Slovenia on 27-28 of September on the theme Investing In Energy-Mastering Climate Change.
In the framework of the EIB University Research Sponsorship Programme (EIBURS), the Bank offered in 2006 a sponsorship of EUR 300,000 over a period of three years on the line of research Financial and economic valuation of environmental impacts to Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia (IT)
Press
- EPOS II – The "Climate Awareness Bond" EIB promotes climate protection via pan-EU public offering
- Presenting the EIB’s contribution to Europe’s energy policy: Philippe Maystadt addresses the European Parliament
- EIB and World Bank join forces to tackle climate change
- European Investment Bank and EBRD will co-manage EU-supported projects in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
- Spain: EIB financing for Education and Environment in Valencia
- EIB's challenging new renewable energy action plan
News
Publications
- EIB in the water sector: financing water supply and sanitation
- EIB Water Project Preparation Facility
- The EIB's Water Sector Lending Policy
- Corporate Responsibility Developments in 2007
- EIB Flood Risk Management Guide
- EIB 2006 Corporate Responsibility Report
- The Social Assessment of Projects outside the European Union: the Approach of the European Investment Bank
- EIB 2005 Corporate Responsibility Report
- Sustainable Urban Renewal
- The EIB’s role in financing sustainable urban transport projects
- Environmental Report 2004
- The Extractive Industries Review (EIR)
- The EIB and Renewable Energy
- Environmental Statement 2004
- EIB Financing of Urban Development Projects in the EU
- EIB Sustainable Development & Environment Documents
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